It is hard to think about Motor Sport and associate with the field of medicine. After all, motor sport is a risky business to begin with where the risk of injuries are always present: opposite to the main goals of medicine. In addition, the massive amount of fumes emmitted by racing cars are considered unhealthy by most environmentalists.
But for two members of the Great Ormond Street Hospital staff, Formula 1 could very well be the link to improve hospital procedures and improve safety.
According to a study conducted byProfessor Marc de Leval, the hospital 'handover' procedure, wherein a seriously ill patient is handed over from intensive care to surgery, is a point wherein patients are in the most vulnerable position. In the study, it is usually during the handover that determines whether an operation will turn out to be successful or not.
The obvious concern for Marc de Leval is how to improve hospital handover procedures.
That is where Dr. Goldman and Professor Elliot, practicing doctors in Great Ormond Street Hospital, come in. Both of them are Formula 1 fans who observed the incredible efficiency displayed by the pit crew during a pit stop. It was that type of efficiency that could drastically improve hospital handover procedure. A radical idea was created: why not have Formula 1 teams lend their expertise and streamline the hospital's handover procedure?
Currently, the hospital has worked with McLaren and Ferrari. And by the looks of things, results seem promising.
Formula 1 may be a risky business. But in the end, the sport has become significant to the medical field in the strangest of ways.
But for two members of the Great Ormond Street Hospital staff, Formula 1 could very well be the link to improve hospital procedures and improve safety.
According to a study conducted byProfessor Marc de Leval, the hospital 'handover' procedure, wherein a seriously ill patient is handed over from intensive care to surgery, is a point wherein patients are in the most vulnerable position. In the study, it is usually during the handover that determines whether an operation will turn out to be successful or not.
The obvious concern for Marc de Leval is how to improve hospital handover procedures.
That is where Dr. Goldman and Professor Elliot, practicing doctors in Great Ormond Street Hospital, come in. Both of them are Formula 1 fans who observed the incredible efficiency displayed by the pit crew during a pit stop. It was that type of efficiency that could drastically improve hospital handover procedure. A radical idea was created: why not have Formula 1 teams lend their expertise and streamline the hospital's handover procedure?
Currently, the hospital has worked with McLaren and Ferrari. And by the looks of things, results seem promising.
Formula 1 may be a risky business. But in the end, the sport has become significant to the medical field in the strangest of ways.
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